Cory Gunther is currently an associate editor for SlashGear and senior editor for Android Community. Based in Las Vegas, Nevada, he's responsible for all things Android on both sites, and never leaves the house without a few smartphones and a tablet. You can follow him on Twitter, or keep up with him on Google+

Today Verizon's big CFO Fran Shammo has issued a few statements that are both good and bad, to say the least. During an annual investors conference Shammo stated that their new share everything plans were doing much better than expected, and seeing higher customer adaption then planned for. However he also mentioned a few things that should have us worried.

We love our gadgets and gear here at SlashGear, and just like most people we've been looking for some awesome cases to protect our beloved electronics. Today we're looking at an awesome 100% hand-made Bamboo case for the Google Nexus 7 we found from an awesome Kickstarter project by 10Terra. Check out our hands-on video below of this sexy case!

Today the folks from Qualcomm have released a neat little video showing off just how impressive their Snapdragon processors that power most of today's (and yesterdays) smartphones truly are. Qualcomm's been a leader in the mobile processor space for a long time, and are powering some of the most popular phones like the Galaxy S III and HTC One X.

If you're the type that wants optimal sound while gaming then Skullcandy has a few new stylish headphones you might want to take a peek at. While we've seen some crazy designs from them in the past these three new gaming headsets look rather impressive. They've quietly unveiled the SLYR, PLYR 1, and PLYR 2 headsets.

The folks from MetroPCS just announced another 4G LTE capable smartphone to grace their slowly expanding LTE lineup. The ZTE Anthem 4G will be a great budget friendly device with mid-range specs and a powerful dual-core processor all for the low price of $219 with no annual contract. Head past the break for more details.

The online retail giant Amazon has a huge audience for selling their tablets and Kindle eReaders on the web, but when you don't have a storefront you'll take all the help you can get. In terms of brick and mortar stores there's only a handful of opportunities for Amazon's new Kindle Fire HD tablet -- and today they're losing a big one.

In the usual NVIDIA fashion today we have two awesome new games that are launching for Android on the Google Play Store and the NVIDIA TegraZone, exclusively for Tegra 3 smartphones and tablets. NVIDIA has continued to partner with developers and roll out excellent games with stunning graphics and these are no different. The popular PC game Bard's Tale is making its way to Android, then an exciting new adventure game Fort Courage is launching too. More details below.

Last year Amazon entered the tablet and hardware market on an entirely different level with their Kindle Fire tablet. Now just 10 short months later we have a completely evolved product from the retail giant. Today we're taking a look at the new Kindle Fire HD 7-inch tablet. Everything you didn't like about the original (including that Playbook styling) has been improved for round two so lets take a look and see how it does.

T-Mobile has just announced their new CEO this morning, and has formally introduced him in a nice meet and greet video that they've tossed up on YouTube. T-Mobile has had a few rough months here in the USA, but today they're looking forward with their new CEO John Legere who has over 32 years of experience in the mobile and communications world.

This week has been all about Apple in the mobile world with their iPhone 5 and iOS 6. Today Apple finally started rolling out the update for their next generation iOS 6 mobile operating system to the masses, and I'm sure you want to know what it's all about. While we've known plenty about iOS 6 for a while, here's what to expect from today's update.

Samsung is at it again this morning. Releasing another one of their comical and irreverent commercials showing just how awesome their Galaxy S III smartphone truly is. Calling the commercial "The Next Big Thing is Already Here," clearly aiming at the iPhone 5 and all those folks waiting in line for days on end.

Its been a rather busy day already so lets jump in to everything you missed so far last night and this morning. Today everything is starting with the iPhone. Apple has just released iOS 6 and it's available now, and last night you might have missed our iPhone 5 review. There's plenty of other exciting news so lets take a peek below.